Earnings inequality and job polarization have increased significantly in several countries since the early 1990s. Using data from European countries covering a 20-year period, this paper provides new evidence that the decline of middle-skilled occupations and the simultaneous increase of high- and low-skilled occupations are important factors accounting for the rise of inequality, especially at the bottom of the distribution. Job polarization accounts...
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2018/11/26
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS8652
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2018/11/26
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Does Job Polarization Explain the Rise in Earnings Inequality ? Evidence from Europe
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Occupation